Thousands of votes have been counted and it's time to reveal the senior multisport athletes that left an impression on Lehigh Valley sports fans. This week, we recognize the finalists (five boys and five girls) for the lehighvalleylive Athlete of the Year award. Nominees were taken throughout the school year. Those athletes were compiled on a ballot for fan voting. The top five boys and girls vote-getters are finalists. Today's featured boys finalist is ...

JOVON REYES, DIERUFF

It would have been easy for Dieruff High School's Jovon Reyes to drop the multisport workload and focus on wrestling. After all, coming off a one-win season, it might not have seemed worthwhile to strap up a helmet for the Huskies football team.

But Reyes isn't a quitter; he's a grinder. And this fall, Dieruff turned the corner with a five victories.

Reyes was the Huskies' leading tackler, and also recorded 18 catches for 250 yards and four touchdowns. "He was always leading the way," football coach Kyle Beller said. "He's a fiery kid, he plays really hard and plays with a lot of emotion and passion."

Reyes also flashed his wrestling skills while wearing shoulder pads. "We could put the film on and you could see some perfect form tackles and two-legged takedowns that you would see on the mat," Beller said.

In the winter, Reyes, who is Dieruff's career wins leader with 126, wrestled his way to a silver medal at districts, bronze at regionals and placed fifth at the PIAA Class AAA tournament at 195 pounds. Besides his individual success, he was making others around him better.

"He just wants everyone around him to be better and he helps everyone in the room get better," wrestling coach Tim Kassis said of Reyes, who will compete for Clackamas Community College next year.

Lastly, Reyes decided to do something he hadn't tried during his high school career: play baseball. He made the team and served as backup catcher.

"He's a good overall athlete in all sports," Kassis said. "He could have played basketball; he could have threw for track; he could have done basically anything he wanted."

That concludes the countdown of lehighvalleylive Athlete of the Year finalists. Find all of the previously announced standouts by clicking here. The overall winners will be announced Sunday.